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MuscatGary
Joined: 03 Jun 2013 Posts: 1364 Location: Flying around the ME...
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 10:02 am Post subject: Cohabiting |
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Hi all,
I may be moving to Malaysia to train teachers. I would like to know if it's ok for unmarried couples to live together? I'm British and my g/f is Filipina. |
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adaruby
Joined: 21 Apr 2014 Posts: 171 Location: has served on a hiring committee
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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As long as your missus isn't a Muslim, it's not a problem. |
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pooroldedgar
Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 181
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 5:08 am Post subject: |
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Muscat Gary we hardly knew ye. Glad to see you're getting out of dodge. Definitely a move up on the world.
I knew lots of (non-Muslim) co-habitating couples.You'll be fine. You might get a few odd looks, but no issues legally. |
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Whatever will be
Joined: 05 Feb 2014 Posts: 303
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 7:48 am Post subject: |
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Congratulations MuscatGary!
Hope you stay in touch and let us know how you're going.
What company are you with? British Council, Brighton Education, CfBT, SMR?
Living together is no real issue in Malaysia - especially in Kuala Lumpur - although it pays to be a bit more careful in the more conservative states of Kelantan and Terrenganu.
Best to say that you are married and wear matching rings to make the point. Better safe than sorry. |
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SMR ELT
Joined: 27 Apr 2011 Posts: 18 Location: Malaysia
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 5:09 am Post subject: Co-habiting |
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I concur with the points given above - but one aspect that does need to be addressed is that whilst one of the couple may be given a work visa for the duration of their employment, the partner is NOT entitled to apply for a dependent's visa on the basis of partnership.
The only way that this can be done is by the couple obtaining letters from their embassies (if both from the same country then one letter should suffice) and that letter must declare that according to the laws of their respective lands that the couple are in a legal 'common law' relationship.
Only when these have been obtained can the sponsoring company obtain the appropriate dependency visa. Without it, the partner will only be entitled to a holiday visa which is usually 90 days, but for some countries can be much less and is not always automatically renewed.
Since the beginning of our project we have been successful in obtaining dependency visas based on these requirements. |
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